Morris, Thomas D. (1996). Southern Slavery and the Law, 1619-1860. Univ of North Carolina Press. p.172. ISBN 978-0-8078-4817-3. when a person, of sound memory and discretion, unlawfully kills any reasonable creature in being and under the king's peace, with malice aforethought, either express or implied. [15]

Exodus 20v13". Young's Literal Translation. Archived from the original on 2011-04-26 . Retrieved 2011-01-21. Thou dost not murder. West's Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 7 (Legal Representation to Oyez). West Group. 1997. ISBN 978-0314201607 . Retrieved 10 September 2017. ("The unlawful killing of another human being without justification or excuse.")Rubin, Joel (2010-12-26). "Killing in L.A. drops to 1967 levels". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2011-01-19 . Retrieved 2011-01-27. Ann L. Pastore; Kathleen Maguire (eds.). Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics Online (PDF) (31sted.). Albany, New York: Bureau of Justice Statistics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2010-05-30. Splendidly entertaining, absorbing and difficult to put down. Hawthorne is an intriguing character' Daily Express

Proto-Germanic in fact had two nouns derived from this word, later merging into the modern English noun: *murþrą "death, killing, murder" (directly from Proto-Indo-European *mŕ̥-trom), whence Old English morðor "secret or unlawful killing of a person, murder; mortal sin, crime; punishment, torment, misery"; [6] and *murþrijô "murderer; homicide" (from the verb *murþrijaną "to murder"), giving Old English myrþra "homicide, murder; murderer". There was a third word for "murder" in Proto-Germanic, continuing Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós "dead" (compare Latin mors), giving Proto-Germanic *murþą "death, killing, murder" and Old English morþ "death, crime, murder" (compare German Mord).

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In many countries, in news reports, out of concern for being accused of defamation, [8] journalists are generally careful not to identify a suspect as a murderer until the suspect is convicted of murder in a court of law. After arrest, for example, journalists may instead write that the person was "arrested on suspicion of murder", [9] or, after a prosecutor files charges, as an "accused murderer". [10] Man Kills Suspected Intruders While Protecting Neighbor's Property". ABC News. Archived from the original on 2014-10-18 . Retrieved 2014-10-23. Shooter acquitted of murder charge in 1966 shooting of Philadelphia police officer". PA Media Group. Associated Press. 24 May 2010. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017.

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A report of the trial of Arthur Hodge, Esquire, (late one of the members of His Majesty's Council for the Virgin-Islands) at the island of Tortola, on the 25th April, 1811, and adjourned to the 29th of the same month, for the murder of his Negro man slave named Prosper". Library of Congress . Retrieved 14 September 2021. That is why We ordained for the Children of Israel that whoever takes a life—unless as a punishment for murder or mischief in the land—it will be as if they killed all of humanity; and whoever saves a life, it will be as if they saved all of humanity." [ Quran 5:32] Crime in the United States". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017 . Retrieved 10 September 2017. Table 1, Crime in the United States by Volume and Rate per 100,000 Inhabitants, 1995–2014 The following absolute murder counts per-country are not comparable because they are not adjusted by each country's total population. Nonetheless, they are included here for reference, with 2010 used as the base year (they may or may not include justifiable homicide, depending on the jurisdiction). There were 52,260 murders in Brazil, consecutively elevating the record set in 2009. [119] Over half a million people were shot to death in Brazil between 1979 and 2003. [120] 33,335 murder cases were registered across India, [121] approximately 17,000 murders in Colombia (the murder rate was 38 per 100,000 people, in 2008 murders went down to 15,000), [122] approximately 16,000 murders in South Africa, [123] approximately 15,000 murders in the United States, [124] approximately 26,000 murders in Mexico, [125] about 8,000 murders committed in Russia, [126] approximately 13,000 murders in Venezuela, [127] approximately 4,000 murders in El Salvador, [128] approximately 1,400 murders in Jamaica, [129] approximately 550 murders in Canada [130] and approximately 470 murders in Trinidad and Tobago. [129] Pakistan reported 12,580 murders. [131] United States [ edit ] The Lake Bodom murders in Espoo, Finland is the most famous unsolved homicide case in Finnish criminal history. [132] The tent is investigated immediately after the murders in 1960. The scene of a murder in Rio de Janeiro. More than 800,000 people were murdered in Brazil between 1980 and 2004. [133]